Enterococcus faecium small colony variant endocarditis in an immunocompetent patient
- Egido, S. Hernández
- Ruiz, M. Siller
- Inés Revuelta, S.
- García, I. García
- Bellido, J.L. Muñoz
Publication date
January 2016
DOI Publisher
The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. ISSN
2052-2975 Citation count (estimate)
1Abstract
AbstractSmall colony variants (SCV) are slow-growing subpopulations of bacteria usually associated with auxotrophism, causing persistent or recurrent infections. Enterococcus faecalis SCV have been seldom described, and only one case of Enterococcus faecium SCV has been reported, associated with sepsis in a leukaemia patient. Here we report the first case described of bacteraemia and endocarditis by SCV E. faecium in an immunocompetent patient
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